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2021 American Transplant Congress
White, Older Men Are Less Affected by the Changes of the Covid-19 Pandemic
R. J. Berkowitz, A. Daud, S. Brietigam, T. S. Taylor, J. Carter, M. A. Callegari, B. Borja-Cacho, J. C. Caicedo, D. Simpson, D. P. Ladner
Surgery, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: This study explores quality of life and lifestyle changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic among pre- and post- liver (LT) and kidney (KT) transplant…
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Impact of Covid-19 Infection on Tacrolimus Levels in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
K. Heagler, K. Tejani, S. Sanchez
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
*Purpose: Immunocompromised patients are considered to be at high-risk for infection with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). There have been observations within the transplant community that patients infected…
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Living Organ Donor Perspectives on Covid-19 Vaccines
M. N. Harhay¹, A. Klassen², H. Zaidi¹, M. Mittelman³, R. Bertha³, R. Mannon⁴, K. Lentine⁵
¹Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, ²Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, ³American Living Organ Donor Fund, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: Promoting widespread COVID-19 vaccinations is a crucial strategy to protect living organ donors and transplant recipients during the pandemic. We examined perspectives and sources…
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Comprehensive Intrahepatic Biliary Anatomy Underscores the Split-ability and the Origin of Biliary Leakage in Hemiliver Split Liver Transplant
J. Nguyen¹, K. Musto¹, M. Dougherty¹, R. Paz-Fugamalli², D. Harnois¹
¹Transplantation, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, ²Radiology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: Hemiliver splitting is an effective approach to optimize the number of liver allografts available for both adult and pediatric patients on liver transplant waitlist.…
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Kidney Transplantation in Times of Covid-19 – Decision Analysis in the Canadian Context
I. Yanev¹, M. Gagnon¹, M. Cheng², S. Paraskevas², D. Kumar³, A. Dragomir⁴, R. Sapir-Pichhadze⁴
¹McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic significantly impacted the field of transplantation across Canada. In this study, we outline the implications of COVID-19 related…
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Time-averaged Oxygen Saturation During Donor Agonal Phase is Associated with Post-transplant Hepatic Graft Survival
K. C. Eddinger¹, E. M. Sonnenberg¹, A. Kayastha², N. Mahmud³, D. E. Schaubel², P. L. Abt¹
¹Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Gastroenterology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Livers harvested from donors after cardiac death (DCD) are subjected to a period of relative warm ischemia during the agonal phase. There have been…
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Comparative Outcomes of TPIAT in African American and Caucasian Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis
M. A. Kanak, J. B. Spriggs, P. Coughenour, J. Kalivarathan, P. Saravanan, M. F. Levy
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Total pancreatectomy with islet auto-transplantation (TPIAT) is becoming the standard of care for patients with chronic pancreatitis, as it provides pain relief and improved…
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Donor Derived Cell-Free DNA (dd-cfDNA) in Pancreas Transplant Recipients
S. Riad¹, H. Sarumi², R. Kandaswamy³
¹Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Surgery, University of Minnesota Physicians, Minneapolis, MN, ³Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Data on the role of DD-cfDNA after pancreas transplantation is lacking. Herein we report on our center experience with DD-cfDNA in 10 unique SPK…
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Immunologic Benefits of Maternal Living Donor Allografts in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Less Rejection Episodes and No Evidence of De Novo Allosensitization
A. Barbetta¹, G. Meeberg², B. Rocque¹, S. Barhouma³, S. Gilmour⁴, F. Faytrouni⁵, O. Guttman⁵, P. Campbell⁴, J. Shapiro², J. Emamaullee¹
¹Surgery, Abdominal Transplant, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) offers improved graft and patient survival in pediatric liver transplant (LT) recipients. Prior studies have suggested immunological advantage when…
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A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism within the FCGR3A 158 F/V Gene is Associated with Decreased Survival of Renal Allografts with Chronic Active Antibody-Mediated Rejection
N. H. Litjens, A. M. Peeters, J. A. Kal-van Gestel, M. Klepper, M. G. Betjes
Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Transplantation, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
*Purpose: Long-term allograft survival has shown little improvement over the last decades. An important factor compromising long-term allograft survival in kidney transplantation is chronic active…